Obsession

Capital City!

A sense of helplessness and anxiety lingered in the hearts of the lawful demigods. Should they abandon Capital City, or abandon the Sea Emperor?

If they chose to aid the Sea Emperor, Capital City would be destroyed. This center of power would vanish into ashes. Even if demigods from the Taiyi Sect and the Life and Scholar families stepped in, Capital City would still become a battlefield.

And a demigod battlefield still meant countless lives reduced to ruin.

Asura did not attack directly, instead offering them a choice. It was not out of mercy, but because he understood the essence of leaving an opening.

If he truly attacked, the five alliance leaders would no longer hesitate. They would swiftly devise a plan and minimize their losses.

Caught in this dilemma, the Taiyi Sect Master's grand and ethereal voice reached the lawful demigods' ears:

"Give me the core fragment of the Light Compass. The Sun governs the Merit List. As long as we can leverage the Sun's power, we can return the Merit List to its rightful place. This is the only way to break the deadlock."

Return the Merit List to its rightful place? The five alliance leaders were instantly invigorated, as though they had glimpsed a ray of dawn through the gloom.

That was right. As long as the Merit List returned to its rightful place, this calamity could be quelled. They would not even need to rescue the Sea Emperor, because merit points restricted all Spirit Realm Walkers, including demigods.

New Covenant County's predicament would resolve itself.

With that thought, the five alliance leaders all turned their gazes toward the figure in the burgundy suit.

Back then, it had been this chairman and the former marshal who, together with the Carefree Organization's four peak Sovereigns, had